Ant & Dec's new show to be family-based

Ant and Dec have revealed that their new show for ITV will be based around families.

The pair, who were recently branded "irreplaceable" by ITV director of television Peter Fincham, told delegates at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival that they felt audiences wanted to see modern British families on-screen, having moved away from formats such as their 2000 BBC series Friends Like These.

The show, which will air on ITV next spring, will be "slightly more formatted" than Saturday Night Takeaway" and is now in the rehearsal phase of its development.